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Kay Bradley

Interviews - Uwe Reinhardt & Tsung-Mei Cheng | Sick Around The World | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views

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    "James Madison Professor of Political Economy"
Christine Esserman

Learnings - 4 views

I learned many valuable things from exploring the two websites. I learned that the primary concern right now for people in India is political corruption. The people are upset at some recent decisio...

started by Christine Esserman on 24 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
olivialucas

INDIA: PBS Photo Gallery and Frontline Article - 1 views

I spent the majority of my research time browsing the PBS photo gallery and the information that accompanied the images because they were so interesting! From all of the images, the main message I ...

started by olivialucas on 25 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
Brian Call

Understanding India - 1 views

India is a very diverse country. There are over 400 spoken languages of which 20 are official languages used in parliament. There is a also huge religious and ethnic diversity in India. The majorit...

started by Brian Call on 25 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
kian vafai

The Silk Road equals diversity - 2 views

India's geographic location was historically vital to the religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity that defines the nation today. The existence of a formidable civilization thousands of years ago ...

India Culture Trade

started by kian vafai on 25 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
Stuart Suplick

India's Need for Improved Civil Services - 1 views

Many of India's civil services have received an unsavory reputation, no thanks due to government corruption and the lack of effective policy to deal with it. Performance in education and health car...

india government corruption HDI

started by Stuart Suplick on 28 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
Kay Bradley

BBC News - Pakistan country profile - 5 views

  • The disputed northern territory of Kashmir has been the flashpoint for two of the three India-Pakistan wars
  • There was a further brief but bitter armed conflict after Islamic militants infiltrated Indian-administered Kashmir in 1999
  • tarnished by corruption, inefficiency and confrontations between various institutions
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  • military rule
  • coup leader, General Pervez Musharraf
  • economic challenges
  • increasing polarisation between Islamist militancy and the modernising secular wing of Pakistani politics
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      factions!
  • Mr Musharraf relinquished his army post in November 2007
  • his supporters were defeated by the opposition Pakistan People's Party and former PM Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League.
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      Political parties: PPP, Muslim League (now in power)
  • Pakistan's place on the world stage shifted after the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US. It dropped its support for the Taliban
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      Impact of 9/11 on Pakistan's world role
  • was propelled into the frontline in the fight against terrorism
  • estive tribal regions along the Afghan border
  • forces
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  • Page last updated at 13:55 GMT, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 14:55 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Pakistan country profile
  • ince 2009, the government has been waging a rolling military campaign to flush the militants out of the tribal areas.
  • by Pakistan's legislators
  • "Mr 10%" following allegations of corruption.
  • 2001, two years after Pervez Musharraf seized power in a military coup
  • The broadcasting regulator can order a halt to the carriage of foreign TV channels via cable, particularly Indian or Afghan ones.
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      media censorship
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